160927-N-FP878-872MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 27, 2016)

160927-N-FP878-872MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 27, 2016) Seaman Amir Shaheed from Baltimore, disengages the span wire aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) during a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (T-AO 194) Sept. 27, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Theron J. Godbold/Released)